Weighing scale



Feb. 23, 1937.

F. v. wALTz 2,071,442

WEIGHING SCALE Filed Oct. 4, 1955' 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 fi y EEN ATTORNEY F. V. WALTZ WEIGHING SCALE Feb. 23, 1937.

Filed OCL. 4, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 /r ||m" MNH/ n v f f1 a, |i Z u i w. rw WL m 3 vl B ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 23, 1937 PATENT OFFICE WEIGHING SCALE Foster V. Waltz, Toledo, Ohio, asslgnor to Toledo Scale Manufacturing Company, Toledo, Ohio, a corporation of New Jersey Application October 4, 1935, Serial No. 43,547

1 Claim.

This invention relates to weighing scales, and particularly to scales having beam and poise load-counterbalancing means, and its principal object is to provide improved means for positioning a poise and indicating its load-counterbalancing effect at the front and back ends of the scale.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, in which reference is had to the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein similar reference numerals designate similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings- Figure I is a side elevational view of a scale embodying my invention.

Figure II is a front elevational view showing automatic load-counterbalancing and indicating means employed in the scale illustrated in Figure I.

Figure III is an enlarged fragmentary plan view showing means employed in the device of my invention for positioning a poise and indicating its load-counterbalancing eect, parts being broken away and parts in section.

Figure IV is a further enlarged sectional side elevational view taken along the line IV-IV of Figure III; and

Figure V is a, front elevational sectional view taken on the line V-V of Figure IV.

Referring to the drawings in detail:-

The scale in which I have shown my invention incorporated has a base I supported upon adjustable feet 2, by adjustment of which the base may be tilted to properly level the scale. Fixed upon the base I is a. pair of fulcrum stands 2', in the upper ends of which are mounted grooved fulcrum bearings 3 which are engaged by knifeedged fulcrum pivots 4 projecting from the sides of a lever 5.

The lever 5 is provided also with projecting load pivots 6 which engage and support load bearings 1 mounted in a spider 8 and the spider 8 carries a commodity-receiver 9; the condition of level of the commodity-receiver 9 being maintained by means of a check link I0.

At its rear end the lever 5 is provided with a nose pivot I which engages and is supported by a bearing loop I2 hung at the lower end of a pull rod I3, the upper end of which is connected to a. metallic ribbon I4 that overlies and is fastened to a fulcrum sector I5 of a load-counterbalancing pendulum I6. The load-counterbalancing pendulum is rockably supported by means of a knifeedged pivot I1 xed to the pendulum and a grooved bearing I8 which is mounted within an upright fan-shaped housing I9 that is supported upon a box-like casing 20 which rests upon the base I and encloses the lever 5 and spider 8.

An indicator hand 2| is fixed to the pendulum I6 and swings with the pendulum as it moves to counterbalance loads on the commodity-receiver 9, the upper end of the indicator hand 2| moving along an arcuate chart 22 which is marked with a series of graduations and figures indicative of the weights of loads on the commodity-receiver 9.

A pair of laterally extending studs 23 and 24 are fixed to the lever 5 and project through openings in the casing 20, and a hollow beam 25 is xed to the outer end of the studs 23 and 24. The body of the beam 25 is constructed of a rectangular metallic tube 26 having a longitudinally extending slot 21 in its bottom side and transparent windows 28 and 29 at the front and rear ends of its top side, the front and rear ends of the rectangular tube 26 being closed by plates 30 and 3|.

Fixed to the plate 3| is a U-shaped bracket 32, between the arms of which is rotatably mounted a pulley 33, the axle of the pulley being a pin 34 which extends through the side walls of the rectangular tube 26 and the arms of the bracket 32. The pin 34 is provided at one end with a head 35, which may have a slot to be engaged by a screwdriver, and the other end of the pin is threaded and screwed into the opening in the side Wall of the rectangular tube 26. The pin 34 thus serves to removably hold the plate 3 I, bracket 32 and pulley 33 in place.

Connected to the plate 30 by means of a screw 36 is a U-shaped bracket 3'I and rotatably journaled in the arms of the bracket 31 is a shaft 38 upon which is fixed a pulley 39. The pulley thus is mounted for rotation between the arms of the bracket 31. The shaft 38 extends through a notch 39 which is cut into one end of the side wall of the rectangular tube 26 and fixed upon the outer end of the shaft 38 is a knurled wheel 4U.

Slidably mounted within the rectangular tube 26 is a poise 4 I, and a metallic tape 42 has its ends secured to the poise 4| by screws 43, with its intermediate portion extending over the pulleys 33 and 39 and lying along the top side of the rectangular tube 26. The metallic tape 42 is preferably bowed transversely, so that the portion extending from one pulley to the other along the top side of the rectangular tube 26 does not sag, and the material of the metallic tape 42 is sufciently flexible so that it flattens transversely where it is curved longitudinally over the pulleys. The outer face of the tape 42 is marked with duplicate sets of gures and graduations 44 and 45 which are visible to the merchant and customer respectively, through the windows 28 fand 29 in the top side of the rectangular tube 26,

the gures and graduations 44 and 45 being so located and spaced with respect to index lines 46 and 41 that the gures and graduations in registration Withinthe index lines indicate the load-counterbalancingeffect of the poise 4| in a series of positions along the beam 25;

The poise 4I is provided with a threaded socket 48 into which is screwed the threaded shank of a Iknob 49 and is also provided with sockets con; taining anti-friction bearing `balls 50 to increase the ease with which the poise may be movedA longitudinally of the rectangular tube 26. The poise may be moved within the tube either by means of the knob 49 or by means ofthe wheel 40.' When the poise is to be-moved a considerable dis.- tance it may be morene'conveniently and quickly moved by means oftheiknob 49, but. it maybe more conveniently set in exact position by means of the wheel 40. When desired, the -poise may be locked against movement by turning .the knob 49 to screw the knobshank into the socket- 48 and thus clamp the knob and poise together against the bottom side of the rectangular tube 26,.

As the poise is moved from one position to another the tape 42 moves to bring the. figures and graduationswith; which it is marked into regis- Qtration ,with the indexes-46 and 41; the figures and graduations being so located on the tape that identical indications of the load-counterbalancing effect of the poise are visible through' the Windows 28 and 29, the gures visible through the window 28 being so turned as to be readable by a merchant standing in front of the scale and the figures visible through the window 29 being so turned as to be readable by a person standing back of the scale.

The tension of the tape 42 may be adjusted by turning the screw 36. When it is desired to disassemble the device; the knob 49 and the pin 34 are removed. The pulleys, tape and poise, with the plate 30 and bracket 31, then may be withdrawn through the front end of the tube by pulling theV shaft 38 forwardly in the notch through which it extends.

The embodiment of `my invention herein shown and described'fisto be regarded as illustrative only, and it is to be understood that the invention is,v susceptible to variation, modification and change within the spirit and scope of the subjoined claim.

Havngfdescribed. my invention, I claim:

In a: Weighing scale, in combination, weighing mechanism including an indicator facing forwardlytoward the operators end of the scale,

a hollow beam extendingvfore and aft from ad .y

jacent the customers endof the scale to adjacent the operators end of the scale, a poise disposed within said beam, means at the operators end of said beam for positioning said poise at various positions along said beam., and means at the customers end of said beam and at the-operators end of saidbeam for-indicating the load-counterbalancing effect of said poise. o

FOSTER V. WALTZ. 

